Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!munnari.oz.au!metro!socs.uts.edu.au!syzygy!dcorbett From: dcorbett@socs.uts.edu.au (Dan Corbett) Newsgroups: comp.org.acm Subject: Re: Here is a quickie!! Message-ID: Date: 27 Apr 91 03:05:46 GMT Distribution: comp Lines: 28 Originator: dcorbett@syzygy (Daniel P. Faigin) writes: >In article <91115.153241TAINT021@ysub.ysu.edu>, TAINT021@ysub.ysu.edu (David >M. Onder) writes: >> I am determined to revitalize this dead organization of ours >Well, on the assumption that the "ours" refers to ACM, let me assure you that >it is far from dead. ACM is very active: both at the national and local level, >and at the SIG level. >Daniel >Government Chair, Los Angeles Chapter of the ACM (LA ACM) >Chair, LA ACM Technical Committee on Security Audit and Control (TACSAC) >Candidate for: > Vice-chair, LA ACM > Chair, SIGSAC Great. The last thing ACM needs is more politicians making vague and empty promises like this guy. How about more grass-roots programmers and other computer professionals instead? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dan Corbett Local Affiliation: What? A local ACM Department of Computer Science group in Australia? Yeah. Right. University of Technology, Sydney Sydney, New South Wales, Australia -------------------------------------------------------------------------------